Quantifying the Scandinavian contribution to the vocabulary of Middle English microtoponyms from Wirral and Westmorland

This article discusses a method that has previously been used to quantify proportions of Scandinavian vocabulary relative to Old English-derived vocabulary in corpora of minor names from areas of Viking-Age Scandinavian settlement in England. This method is then applied to corpora of medieval micro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rye, Eleanor
Other Authors: Akselberg, Gunnstein
Format: Book Section
Published: NORNA-förlaget 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50643/